Institutions, ideas and learning in welfare state change
Subtitle: labour market reforms in Germany
By: Timo Fleckenstein
Series: New perspectives in German political studies; New perspectives in German political studies
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9780230243279
Subjects: Labor market; Manpower policy; Welfare state; History
Description: "Investigates the transformation of German labour market policy, showing that Germany has departed from the conservative-corporatist path of welfare, especially with the Hartz Legislation of the Red-Green government"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-229) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Institutions, ideas and learning; title: The German welfare state and labour market policy; title: The institutional setting of German labour market policy-making; title: Red-green labour market policy-making: an overview; title: The first red-green government and the alliance for jobs; title: The second red-green government and the Hartz Commission; title: Conclusions.